Breaking Up Was a Choice I Planned All Along - Chapter 17

He froze, his voice and expression suddenly out of sync: “Ah?”

His tone was flat and drawn-out, obviously a little startled.

I pondered for three seconds, then pointed in the direction Chen Manman had just left. “Just now, she was trying to be friendly with you.”

“She wants to chase you.” If you keep being this dense, you’re bound to get in trouble!

He processed it, uttered an “Oh,” and seemed a bit disappointed.

The atmosphere visibly sank into silence. We stared at each other for three seconds, both feeling awkward.

In the end, he broke the stalemate. “She often messages me, wants to study together.”

“Sometimes, she asks me questions, or brings me something to eat.”

I listened while nodding-this was indeed classic Chen Manman behavior.

He paused, his tone turning a little cautious. “But… I don’t like her.”

Huh? You’re telling me your true feelings right off the bat? Classmate, aren’t you being a bit too at ease with me?

But actually, I was more curious. “Don’t you think she’s lively, cheerful, has a great personality?”

Back in the days when it was me, Chen Manman, and Zhou Jingnan, the thing Zhou Jingnan said to me most when we were alone was: Pianpian, it’d be nice if you could be as lively and cheerful as Manman.

Now that I think about it, screw that.

My name is Shen Pianpian.

“No.”

Meng Ce didn’t even need to think-he just shook his head.

“She’s a bit forced.”

To put it nicely, she’s deliberate; to put it bluntly, she’s fake. This was the first time I’d heard a boy judge Chen Manman like that.

Looking at him, I instantly felt that old-friend-from-home, eyes-full-of-tears kind of connection.

Girls really are that kind of creature: as long as someone dislikes the same person as you, you can instantly become friends.

The next second, I pulled out my phone. “Hey, want to add each other on WeChat?”

Nice taste. Favorability +10.